Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that ... through the marriage of girls at an early age, which violates their right to life as children, and will disrupt the protection mechanisms ...

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of ...

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that ... Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases, but the changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule according ...

Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...

Newsweek contacted Iraq's Ministry of Foreign ... girls to marry before that age, with 52 countries permitting marriage under 15 years old with parental consent. Noor Nafea Ali, a member of ...

Three divisive laws have now been passed which give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters. As reported by the Mirror, this includes marriage, divorce and inheritance. Activists argue ...